Twelve South BookBook iPhone 4/4s Case Review

Posted September 5, 2012 by Tomi in

Rating

Design

9.0

Usability

9.0

Performance

9.0

Price

7.0

Total Score

8.5

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Height: N/A

Battery Included: N/A

In the Box: BookBook for iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s

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Luxurious, multipurpose and durable. Offers vast protection for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s

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Price is little hefty and no camera opening.

The BookBook case from Twelve South is a unique case for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s made from genuine leather making it a luxurious case that doubles up as a wallet to hold up to 3 cards and an open space to insert your folded notes.

by Tomi

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Design and Functionality

Made of a high quality black leather, the back binding gives it a look that resembles that of a pocket bible of some sort and been leather it will break in and scratch over time which gives it that vintage leather character. Opening the BookBook you have three slots for credit cards, one of them been an ID holder, you can insert your drivers licence in there and with the round cut out it makes it very east to slide out should you need to product or show your ID. Under the card slot you also have a space to hold your folded note, you might get away with fitting couple of £20 notes in.

On the other side is an insert for the iPhone 4 with A red fabric tab that is used to securely hold your iPhone in place to prevent it from sliding out, it also makes it easy to allow you to slide your iPhone out should you need to take pictures. One thing I also noticed once it is closed is how the red tab looks like a bookmark resembling a real book. the leather fully wraps your iPhone in place offering full protection for your iPhone. It also offers edge to edge style placement so that you can fully utilize your iPhone whilst it is in the BookBook.

It has all the essential cutouts like your headphone port, charging port, silent switch and a slight raised area for the volume rockers. The only cut out not present is that of the camera, which can be a pain to have to keep sliding your phone in and out in order to take pictures but the reason for that might be that it compromises the book resemblance if they were to punch a hole in there for the camera.

Everywhere I have taken this case with me it has stood out and made onlookers wow the product. It was very useful for carrying around my train and tube tickets while I was out in London and also put my mind to rest knowing I have everything I needed in one place.

Verdict

It looks very luxurious and the fact that every piece made is handmade to make them all very unique and for the price tag yo would expect something that is not only luxurious and made out of high quality leather, you also expect a product that fully functions and the BookBook does that. It is very durable so it is not like other cases out there that you might end up buying more than 1 or 2 in short period of time so you will end up getting your money’s worth over time.

The other issue i had with the BookBook is the lack of camera cut out although you can understand why it is not included , you can also see that as a hinderance for making it the perfect case for the iPhone 4 or 4s. It took a little bit of getting used to when it comes to ruling out my purpose built wallet for a little bit but I got used to it in the end.

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